I'm probably committing about sixteen different faux pas, but does anyone know of a mod index that isn't a hyperlink graveyard?

Huh.  Did you guys really spend a page and a half arguing about grammar and correcting grammar?

I actually find it easier than Sims 2.

misplaced age slider?

Considering that I'm a highly evolved human being capable of bathing, eating and shitting all in the hour or so before going to work in the morning and after getting a full night's rest of 6-8 hours, I'm not really sure that making a choice between the three in a game is all that compelling.


Actually, short of micromanaging the action bar, is pretty impossible to have sims sink into a deep depression in TS3.  Even with free will off, they take care of all their needs which pretty much results in a neutral mood state.

I think snob does that

Fight Club
Zombie Apocalypse

There's some bleed through of that thar killar nature. 

If you get the plumber challenge for the handiness skill, then it automatically makes any plumbing object unbreakable the next time you repair it.  Then you can (I think) also upgrade it to self-cleaning and never have to deal with it again.

Well, they got rid of comfort and environment and turned those into moodlets (which moodlets are fantastic)...so that's two gone...then you can get happiness rewards that make you only need to shower once every three days or so and one that makes you only need to eat once every two days...and then the super-overpowered one (which is also the cheapest of the need-altering rewards) that completely removes the bladder need.

Well, the work thing doesn't bother me because both TS1 and TS2 had your sim disappear for work and now you can actually accomplish stuff at some jobs (extra cash, skilling, etc).  Plus, I love the fact that once you top the career, you can keep getting raises.

But I have noticed that needs are huge pain in the ass and some activities take way, way, waaaaaay, too long. Working out for 10 hours?  Really??  And even with the highest bed, my sim gets tired after 6-8 hours of being awake.

I followed the generations.  So, for instance, when the child grew up and went to college, I followed.  When they came back, I moved them to a new lot and kept playing them...so eventually, six generations of a family were all "adults" and no one ever aged past it because it was too much of a pain to switch to another house just to age them to elders or have them die or whatever.  And if there was more than one child, I just picked my favorite and followed them.  So I'd end up with teenage great uncles/aunts.

Honestly, I mostly like the new gameplay mechanics.  Of course, I only ever play one family at a time anyway.  I like that the neighborhood ages with me now.

As far as relationships...yeah, they're absurdly easy, but no more so than macro/socialize.  TBH, I don't find it that different from TS2 relationships.  The lack of a lifetime relationship meter is kinda meh, but since that meter was redundant anyway, it's not that big a deal.

Now, that's not saying that the game is great.  It's not.  But I do prefer the gameplay of this one over the TS2 gameplay for the most part.  I just wish it wasn't so...limited.  It's missing too many features and obviously so for EA to regurgitate expansions.  And that seriously grates on my nerves.

So I guess what I'm saying is "It's not bad. It's not great.  It's also not TS2."  Overall, I think it has potential.  Unfortunately a finished game that only has potential isn't really a finished game, IMO.  But considering the state of the majority of the gaming industry and how unfinished products are becoming a norm...I haven't encountered any major bugs in TS3, but it's blatantly obvious that things like genetics are either "not as intended" or "we didn't care enough to do it right".

[edit] Ugh at the grammatical errors..that'll teach me to type when I'm weak from stupidly skipping meals to read a book.   I think I got them all.

That's...actually kind of awesome.

I just carried a guitar and then played for tips throughout the party.

Although I do miss being able to run my own store/restaurant/whathaveyou rather than being an otherwise uninvolved "partner".

It's not faster than 3.  It's just temporary speed 3. It only stays active for the current action then reverts to previous speed. 

The game explains these things quite clearly.

It's not awful.  It's just not good.

It has loads of potential...but in typical EAxis fashion, the potential is just that...potential.  They had some good ideas but didn't bother to flesh any of them out beyond the basic implementation.  So you end up with a lot of things you can do, but not enough gravity in doing them.

Overall, I'd say it's not worth switching from TS2 since you lose far too much.  I'll wait till they've made a few dozen EPs, then I'll buy the TS3 Super-Ultra-Deluxe from the bargain bin.  Maybe it'll be worth playing by then.

My biggest problem with this EP is that it seems to be all pre-programmed and self-contained mission events.  I would much rather see an integrated system where things happen as a result of other circumstances.

Of course what I want is probably not possible in this game anyway, but the space stage should have some heavy galactic RTS going on.  I'm still mad that I can't build fleets.

It's this fad where you trade number values for physical values.

I really don't see it lasting very long as it's very inconsistent.

How is that a defense?  Removing or withholding content from the base game so you can sell it seperately is not a defense.

This sounds ideal.  I hate having my sims sit around like lumps on power idle, but only slightly less than I hate them constantly committing motive-suicide.  I like seeing my sims live out their lives and do their own thing...I just don't like that their own thing involves ignoring their needs.

Yes, I just said the same thing twice.

The final step in your re-enactment of Billy Madison?

The problem being that you don't know who their connections are until after you've reached the friend/enemy point.  Typical EA backwardsness.  If I knew he was my boss's best friend, I'd probably be nice no matter how much of an ass he was.

Plus, let some asshole demote me for unrelated off work activities just because he knows a guy.  Hello lawsuit!

Where's our sim lawyers dammit!

Sims that dress alike and have a special greeting (that anyone can use at any time)...


In other words...No one knows.  They're pointless, they're practically invisible and you can't join one.

Nothing kills a date like bring her home to the hottub and finding the landlord already there...naked.